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insubordination

[ US /ˌɪnsəˌbɔɹdəˈneɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ˌɪnsəbˌɔːdɪnˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. an insubordinate act
  2. defiance of authority

How To Use insubordination In A Sentence

  • There is some muttering about being 'dragooned', but I do not take insubordination from the lower ranks. Home | Mail Online
  • So long as tutors and governesses only had to deal with their own pupils, all went well, but when the brothers and sisters were all together, and influenced by the spirit of insubordination and love of playing pranks which the elder ones brought back from school, we made life hard and sour to the preceptorial body. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville
  • We shall drum him out of the corps for insubordination.
  • Because of what he calls insubordination in the legal department, Mr. Dudley now uses outside counsel for many legal issues. The Bitter Battle
  • He had never in five years shown the slightest disrespect or insubordination.
  • the first to crack down on any hint of insubordination amongst the junior officers. CODE BREAKER
  • You see all the illegals commenting here that you should be not so foolish as to stand on principles of Justice; and so then you should betray America with them and join in their perpetration of crimes against humanity, and support their treason, sedition, and insubordination of civil patriotism in the Constitution of the U.S. Sheesh, Jack, you're so stupid to uphold the law. Spook spotlight (Jack Bog's Blog)
  • It was said that an ordinary seaman on the Admiral's flagship publicly disagreed with this conclusion and was promptly hanged from the yardarm for his insubordination.
  • Howell was fired for gross insubordination .
  • Blanche scrutinised his round, bland face for any sign of insubordination but all she saw was a mask of ill-shaven skin.
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